Dante’s POV Then the smell hit. It was metallic, something burned, something rotten. And something else, something that didn’t belong anywhere, not with the living, not with the dead.I followed that stink further in, chest tight, every step making me more sure I was making a very stupid decision. Even the wind noped out of this place. Then I saw it. Carved into a tree, deep, ugly, fresh, a spiral in the bark, leaking sap like blood.Magic. Old, thick, and definitely not the friendly kind. Mira’s signature is all over it.I crouched and touched it. The mark burned under my hand, like it was pissed off to see me. Black smoke started curling from the wound, twisting in the air, almost like it was sniffing me back.“Damn it,” I whispered. “She’s been here.” Not just passing through, she’d claimed this patch of ground.I spun, eyes scanning the trees. Someone, something, was watching. Instinct screamed it. Then I heard the whisper, felt it, really, crawling up my spine.You shouldn’t hav
Last Updated : 2025-10-17 Read more